There’s a little-known memorial in Boca Grande that is about to get some much-needed love and care. It is the Veterans’ Memorial at the corner of Gilchrist and 5th St., by the entrance to The Gasp…
In Cape Haze, just behind the Ace Hardware and Cool Pickle in Paradise restaurant, a 300-foot radio tower that most see, but few pay attention to, peeks out of the woods.
The tower, with its b…
FIVE YEARS AGO
Crowder Gulf, a name we know and love from Hurricane Ian cleanup, was on our beaches cleaning up dead fish from red tide.
TEN YEARS AGO
The first cars went over the new cen…
FIVE YEARS AGO
PJ’s Seagrille and The Grapevine were officially out of business.
TEN YEARS AGO
Kathy Banson-Verrico was named as the new GIBA director. The pipes were smokin’ in some isla…
Tuesday, July 18 was the beginning of the end for two pieces of Cape Haze Peninsula’s history. The former home of Mike Schworm was dismantled and taken down to the ground, while Eunice Albritton’s…
Did you really think it wouldn’t be back? Ha ha, ho ho, hee hee, you must belong in the maison de fous!
The Temptation martini sign, destroyed during Hurricane Ian, is finally put back together…
Author George Bernard Shaw famously claimed youth was wasted on the young. Apparently, he never met Effie Joiner, because she is not wasting a moment of her youth. Effie is not yet 27 but is putti…
FIVE YEARS AGO
Friends of Boca Grande announced they had plans to put up a sunshade at the Community Center outdoor stage.
TEN YEARS AGO
Abbie Turner hooked a giant jumping shark on the “…
FIVE YEARS AGO
A truly handsome alligator was just chillin’ on the beach near Sundown Colony, catchin’ some rays. Waylon took the buckle.
TEN YEARS AGO
The Boca Grande Marina was closing …
The July meeting of the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board went rather expeditiously, even though the one official item on the agenda was a huge project at 1000 10th Street. It was the discus…
